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PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS OF THE PHILIPPINES ARRIVED IN DJAKARTA FROM KUALA LUMPUR ON FRIDAY ON A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT DURING WHICH HE IS HAVING TALKS ON VIETNAM AND REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA.

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PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS OF THE PHILIPPINES ARRIVED IN DJAKARTA FROM KUALA LUMPUR ON FRIDAY ON A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT DURING WHICH HE IS HAVING TALKS ON VIETNAM AND REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA.

THE PRESIDENT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, IMELDA, WAS WELCOMED BY INDONESIA'S ACTING PRESIDENT, GENERAL SUHARTO. IT WAS THEIR FIRST MEETING.

PRESIDENT MARCOS IS THE FIRST FOREIGN HEAD OF STATE TO VISIT INDONESIA SINCE 1965.

IN A STATEMENT ON HIS ARRIVAL AT DJAKARTA AIRPORT, PRESIDENT MARCOS PLACED HEAVY EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL STABILITY AND CO-OPERATION.

IN A CEREMONY AT THE FREEDOM PALACE, PRESIDENT MARCOS TOLD GENERAL SUHARTO THAT INDONESIA, WITH ITS BARGE POTENTIAL, WAS A DECISIVE INFLUENCE IN THE REGION AND AS THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE AREA IT COULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN BRINGING STABILITY TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA.

THE TWO LEADERS CONFERRED ORDERS ON EACH OTHER. PRESIDENT MARCOS CONFERRED ON THE INDONESIAN LEADER THE PHILIPPINES "ANCIENT ORDER OF SIKATUNA RAJA".